Mickstape

Milwaukee Bucks wing Khris Middleton joins the program to talk about Sterling Brown, the NBA giving players a platform to speak on societal issues, Kobe vs. MJ. vs. LeBron, the future of the Bucks, and what it feels like to shoot 60% from three in the playoffs. After that, Young Pageviews and Trent sit in to talk about the whole Drake vs. Pusha T circus. We'll be back tomorrow with a special bonus episode to talk entirely about the Bryan Colangelo situation in Philly. Also, the audio quality on this episode is tremendous outside of the ad reads at the beginning. Blame Brett for that.

The Celtics and Rockets, despite both being up 3-2 in their respective series, decided to run the "never hit any shots no matter what not even if there's a fire" offenses in Game 7s where they held double digit leads only to get shuttlecocked out of the playoffs. So it's Cavs-Warriors IV as everyone on the planet who has ever even seen a basketball expected. After we pay our respects to the fallen, we review the All NBA teams and create this year's 4th Team All NBA. Finally, Tyler was rather perturbed at the lack of respect Carmelo Anthony was receiving online, so we announce the Mickstape 50: coming to a podcast streaming service near you soon.

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The Celtics lost by a combined one billion points in Games 3 and 4 as the Cavaliers have forced this series into a best of three. The Warriors have already beaten the Rockets. It's technically only 2-1 but that series is over than over. I don't have anything funny or witty to say right now.

The Big Time Movie Boys from Barstool's newest podcast "Lights, Camera, Barstool" join today's program to discuss cereal mascots, Draft Day 2, and explain their Rotten Tomatoes Drinking Game. But before all that, Withers and the Mick Man break down the Celtics dominant two games against the Cavs, how the Cavs can come back in this series, and give the Rockets still zero chance to beat the Warriors this series.

Are the Cavs dead? The Cavs can't possibly be dead. Only one game happened. There's a whole six games left in the series. Can the Cavs go 4-2 against anyone not named the Toronto Raptors right now though? So many questions, three hours worth of time to break it down. Withers and the Mick Man also try and figure out where the Raptors go next now that Dwane Casey has been let go. How do the Jazz improve their roster through trades? Was Playboi Carti's album a slap or a disc to break weed on? How much weed is Klay on for reportedly leaning towards turning down $50 mil? And should the 76ers trade for Kawhi and sign LeBron?

Ben Simmons is a coward who wont shoot threes. LeBron James gets to beat the Celtics one last time before he leaves Cleveland again. The Warriors get to beat the Rockets for shits and giggles. Has CP3 had a better career than Steph Curry? Some pundits say yes for reasons we simply do not understand. The WNBA regular season is quickly approaching and we're all the way in on this upcoming year. Jay Z doesn't know how to perform live, meanwhile Tyler was a bit underwhelmed by the new Rae Sremmurd triple album. The Mickman was not.

What should the Raptors do moving forward since they can't seem to do anything right when it comes to beating LeBron and showing up in the postseason? Do they blow it up? Fire Casey and try a new coach? Or simply hope their young guys take a big enough step forward next year that they'll be ready in 12 months? Also, the Philadelphia 76ers won a game against a team they were heavily favored against. No confetti was dropped for reasons no one quite understands. Should the Celtics be nervous? Do the Sixers have what it takes to become the first NBA team to erase an 0-3 deficit? Finally, Tyler reviews his first trip ever to Boston. What a wild ride for Whiskers.

This entire podcast was recorded on the train from New York to Boston. I don't know what else to say about it. That's what we did.

There's one matchup with any semblance of intrigue while the Rockets and Warriors drub the Jazz and Pelicans. I guess the Raptors could, in theory, beat the Cavaliers but the Raptors also don't have LeBron James so ehhhh probably not. The Celtics and the 76ers series inspired perhaps the most heated debate between Tyler and Coley to date as they don't see anywhere remotely close to eye to eye in this series at all. We recorded in the afternoon just before radio started which explains why it's shorter than usual, and Dave strolls in for the final minutes to shockingly pick the Celtics to win the series. In the middle of the episode we also try and figure out where Donovan Mitchell ranks among players in the Western Conference after his rookie season, where he'd go in a redraft of the 2017 Class, and also if the Jazz would be better, worse or the same with Devin Booker instead.

It's finally here. The highly anticipated, mostly idiotic, live watch of the critically acclaimed full length feature film "Draft Day" starring friend of the program Arian Foster, Black Panther, Diddy, Chris Berman, and a white woman who Tyler cannot identify for the life of him.

Takes here! Get your NBA takes here! We just recorded this. Little mid day treat for the folks at home. The Wolves are dead, the Pacers are soon to be dead, the Thunder came back from the dead, but also now Melo is dead. We're about to record the Weekend Special Edition Draft Day Spectacular now so sorry for the short, non-humorous write up you're so dearly used to.

Withers and The Mick Man recorded for a smooth 3+ hours. All Business Pete set us up, told us we were ready to go, left us to our own devices, and then at the completion of those three hours we come to find out the machinery just straight up shut off after hour one. So... Here is that hour. We will release another show this afternoon, as well as record a bonus episode for this weekend. Hopefully our mics are turned on and the computers recording don't just inexplicably shut off for no reason whatsoever. Again, if you have any complaints whatsoever, please direct them to All Business Pete.

Alright, I'm going to be upfront with you people - this episode is very good. There's just one minor problem: we recorded this podcast on the second floor of our office. Tyler is in New York and, despite recording at the exact same time every single Monday and Wednesday for the entire season, we were not given the studio to record today. Pretty rude. Because of this, we had to use three microphones in essentially a conference room. Withers sounds crystal clear. The Mick Man sounds crystal clear.... Arian Foster and Steven Cheah sound like they're miles away. But no worries, Arian is only on for about 15 minutes during the first half of the show and if you can't hear NFL Draft Expert Steven Cheah loudly enough during the second half, we'll just bring him on back in for Thursday's show. Despite the fact that there are two NFL-centric guests on today's show, it is entirely NBA Playoffs based for the first two hours. We talk about the Blazers being dead, why no one picked the Pelicans, Lance Stephenson being the troll gawd, the Celtics dropping two in Milwaukee, the Jazz jumping out to a lead against the Thunder, Whiteside's defense on Embiid, and all the rest of the goodness that's transpired throughout the first round thus far.

Eric Bledsoe stinks and stinks out loud. Karl-Anthony Towns also, as well, has stunk loudly and oftenly. The Trail Blazers, in our humble opinion, should try scoring more points than their opponent once or twice just to see how it works out for them. And the 76ers lost? To the Heat? The Eastern Conference Champion Philadelphia 76ers lost a game??? Tough to believe, tough to fathom, but it's true.